Road-oiler.



W. H. GAILOR.

ROAD OILER APPLIGATION FILED JULY 24, 1909,

entre sfrafrlas WILLIAM H. GAILOR, F SARATOGA SPRINGS. NEW YORK.

ROAD-OLDER.

or macadam road in contradistinction to ai road having a block pavementot' either wood or stone, and the object thereof is the laying of thedust and preventing an accumulation or making of appreciable mud in wetweather.

My invention is also an improvement on the road oiler apparatus shownand described in my copending application Serial No. 472419, tiledJanuary th, 1902), and

duly allowed May 8th, 1909, in which apparatus the delivery of the oilor the mixture of the same with a predetermined quantity of steam wasetiected through a series of apertures provided in the lower portion ofa delivery pipe employed for this purpose, whereas in the present casethe invention relates particularly to the oil delivery member which isso constructed as to deliver the' o1l or a mixture ot' the same withsteam 1n a thin sheet, this oil delivery member being provided withmeans whereby the width of the slot through which the oil is ejected maybe varied at the pleasure of the operator, to determine the thicknessot' the sheet of oil delivered.

In carrying out my invention, employ a tank and an auxiliary receptacle,together with a reservoir from which the oil is adapted to be deliveredin sheet t'orm upon the surface to be treated, means for connecting theltank to the auxiliary receptacle and means for conveying the oil fromthe auxiliary receptacle to the delivery reservoir and for regulatingthe dist ribntion of the same in the latter, means for heating the oilin th, auxiliary receptacle and also for conveying the heat from theauxiliary receptacle to theI delivery receptacle and for heatiiig theoil in the latter, and means for varying` the size ot the opening in thedelivery receptacle through which the oil is ejected theretrom, all ofwhich will be hereinafter more part cularly described.

In the, drawing, Figure 1 is an elevation and partial section ol anapparatus embody- Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June 2i,1910. I

Application tiled July 24, 1909.

seal No. 509.458.

ing my present invention. Ii`ig..2 is an enlarged end elevation of theoil delivery reservoir. ltig. 3 is a cross section on line Je, a?, Fig.1, and Fig. 4 is a partial cross section illustrating a modifiedstructure for adjusting the size of the oil delivery slot.

Referringparticularly to the drawing, 1() designates a tank orreceptacle adapted to receive the. oil to be employed and in which thesame is stored.

11 designates an auxiliary pipe or receptacle and 12 a pipe connectingthe tank 10 and the auxiliary receptacle 11, and 13 a valve which isplaced in the pipe 12.

14: designates a delivery reservoir and 15 represents a series of pipes,any convenient number of which may be employed and each one ot whichextends between and connects the auxiliary receptacle 11 with thedelivery reservoir 14, and furthermore each of the pipes 15 is providedwith a valve 1G by means of which, as will be apparent, the amount ofoil flowing from the auxiliary receptacle 11 to the delivery reservoir14 may be determined and also its distribution may be regulated.

Except for the construction of the delivery reservoir, the partshereinbefore described, are similar to those shown and described in myapplication aforesaid, and as is also shown and described in saidapplication, l pre'l'er to employ a steam pipe 1T extending entirelythroughout the length ot' the auxiliary receptacle 11 and heiligcontained therein and a steam pipe 18 passing` through one end-olthedelivery reservoir14 and extending throughout the length of the sameand being connected to the steam pipe 17 by a pipe 19 or otherwise, andthe steam pipe 18 within the delivery reservoir 1-1 is provided with aseries of aperturesl Q0 through which the steam is ejected and permittedto commingle with the oil, the mixture of which is delivered from thereservoir 14 to accomplish the purpose of this apparatus.

Now the particular feature. to which the present 'invention relates asherein stated, comprises the delivery reservoir 1l and in constructingthe same, I prefer to'employ a channel iron 21 which is ei'nployed in aninverted posit-ion and forms the top member of this delivery reservoir,the sides of which are preferably made ot sheet metal indicatedrespectively at Q2, 23. These side Vmembers are secured to the dependingpor- 23 converge from tions of the channel iron by means of bolts 24 orotherwise, and the side members 22,

the edges of the said depending portions of the channel`ir`on to a pointadjacent to their lower edges at which an 'elongated opening is providedbetween them preferably in such a manner as to be parallel sided andthrough which the oil or a mixture of the same with steam is ejected,this delivery opening being indicated at 25.

At the extremities of the delivery reservoir there are end members 26,27, which are secured in position to the channel iron 2l by means ofbolts 28 or otherwise.

29 designates a bar which extends between the end members 26, 27, and issecured 'thereto and also to the lower edge of the side member or apron22, and 30 designates a bar which extends between the end members 26,2T, and is not secured thereto but is secured to the lower portion ofthe side member or apron 23.

As will be seen by particular reference to Figs. 2 and 3, the endmembers 26, 27, are provided with projecting portions indicated at 35and extending between these projecting portions 35 and secured thereto,is a bar indicated at 3l. Passing through and .engaging the bar 3l Iemploy a plurality of adjusting bolts 32 and at its inner end each ofthese adjusting bolts is provided with an annular recess 33. Thisrecessed portion of each bolt 32 is passed into an aperture providedtherefor' in thebar 30 and in alinement with the bolt hole in the barY31 and for each adjusting bolt 32, the bar 30 in its lower portion isprovided with a screw 34 provided with a reduced end or pin 36 whichlatter extends into the annular recess 33 provided in the bolt, and aswill be apparent, the turning of the Jesper-.tive bolts 32 will cause amovement of the bar `3() and a corresponding movement of the lowerportion Dit' the movable side member or apron 23 and will effectaucorresponding adjustment of 'the sides of the slot 25 through whichthe oilI or vided with a mixture of the same and steam is delivered.

It will be understood that I do not limit myself to the hereinbeforedescribed means or'adjusting the size of this festly there are numerousother constructions lfor accomplishing this purpose. For instance, as isshown inF it, the end of each adjusting bolt may be reduced as indicatedat 3T, this reduced portion oi the passed through an aperture providedtherefor in .the bar 30 with the shoulder formed by the reduced portionabutting against the outer face ot' the bar 30. In this instance theinner face ot' the b ar 30 is proa. series of recesses 38, each of whichis concentric with an aperture provided for the reduced end of anadjusting bolt and is adapted to receive a washer 39 lbers, a. fixedside slot, a bar fixed in the said 'end slot, as mani-- which is securedtherein by turning the end ot` the reduced portion 37 down against thewasher or otherwise, this washer as will. be apparent,.being placedbetween the adjacent surface of the lower portion of the apron 23 andthe bar 30 and lying wholly within the recess 38 provided therefor inthe bar 30. In this instance as will also be understood, the size of thedelivery slot is decreased by the shoulders on thebolts 32 forcing thebar 30 from right to left as shown in Fig'. 4, and the size of the slotincreased by the washers 39 or other member bearing against the faces ofthe recesses 38 and moving the bar 30 in the other direction when thebolts are turned the other way.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a road oiling device, aI delivery reservoir, comprising a cover,end members, side members having converging upper parts and straightparallel lower parts, the latter terminating in spaced apart paralleledge portions an'd means for varying ythe distance between the saidspaced apart parallel edge i portions of the said side members.

2. In a road oiling device, a delivery reservoir comprising a topmember, end members, a vfixed side member, a movable sidev member, saidside members converging downwardly and terminating in `parallel sidededge portions which are spaced apart to provide a delivery slot, andmeans for adjusting the position of the said movable side memberrelatively to that of the said fixed side member to vary the size of theslot between the said parallel sided edge portions thereof. f.

3. In a road oiling device, a delivery reservoir comprising a topmember, end memmember, a movable side member, the said side membersconverging downwardly to parallel sided edge portions which are spacedapart to provide a delivery members, a bar secured to the lower portionof the said movable side member, adjusting bolts operating in the saidbar which is fixed in the said end members said bar .secured to the.said movable sidel member and means engaging the ends of the saidadjusting bolts within the last aforesaid bar, whereby the same is movedby turning the said adjusting bolts-to vary the position of the saidmovable side member relatively to that of the said fixed side member todetermine the width of the slot between the said parallel sided portionsof the said` side members.

and passing through the,

Signed by methis 21st day of July, 1.909.

WILLIAM H. GAILOR.

Witnesses: l

JOHN E. HODGMAN, RUBY E. INGMIRE.

